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Date:	Tue, 10 May 2016 00:57:07 -0400
From:	Javier Martinez Canillas <javier@....samsung.com>
To:	Kieran Bingham <kieran@...uared.org.uk>,
	Wolfram Sang <wsa@...-dreams.de>,
	Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org>
Cc:	linux-i2c@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	grant.likely@...aro.org, sameo@...ux.intel.com
Subject: Re: [PATCHv5 2/8] i2c: Add the ability to match device to compatible
 string without an of_node

On 05/04/2016 11:14 AM, Kieran Bingham wrote:
> From: Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org>
> 
> A great deal of I2C devices are currently matched via DT node name, and
> as such the compatible naming convention of '<vendor>,<device>' has gone
> somewhat awry - some nodes don't supply one, some supply an arbitrary
> string and others the correct device name with an arbitrary vendor prefix.
> 
> In an effort to correct this problem we have to supply a mechanism to
> match a device by compatible string AND by simple device name.  This
> function strips off the '<vendor>,' part of a supplied compatible string
> and attempts to match without it.
> 
> The plan is to remove this function once all of the compatible strings
> for each device have been brought into line.
> 
> Acked-by: Grant Likely <grant.likely@...aro.org>
> Signed-off-by: Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org>
> [Kieran: strnicmp to strncasecmp]
> Signed-off-by: Kieran Bingham <kieran@...gham.xyz>
> Tested-by: Kieran Bingham <kieran@...gham.xyz>
> ---

Reviewed-by: Javier Martinez Canillas <javier@....samsung.com>
Tested-by: Javier Martinez Canillas <javier@....samsung.com>

Best regards,
-- 
Javier Martinez Canillas
Open Source Group
Samsung Research America